Dark Skies
February 2013
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Tom Huddleston
Time and again, Stewart squanders the opportunity to do anything remotely interesting or worthwhile ...
Justin Lowe
There's little to fear from this rather tame genre outing.
Stephanie Zacharek
Dark Skies is sort of supernatural, but it's really more super natural....[it's] about the fragility of family, a muted meditation on how precious it is.
Alan Scherstuhl
Stewart has some lofty ambitions, some of which he almost fulfills.
Andy Webster
Those elements are employed with consummate dexterity.
Peter Sobczynski
Dark Skies is a bore that even the most forgiving genre buffs will find difficult to defend or endure.
Critic reviews
Tom Huddleston
Time and again, Stewart squanders the opportunity to do anything remotely interesting or worthwhile ...
Stephanie Zacharek
Dark Skies is sort of supernatural, but it's really more super natural....[it's] about the fragility of family, a muted meditation on how precious it is.
Peter Sobczynski
Dark Skies is a bore that even the most forgiving genre buffs will find difficult to defend or endure.
Elizabeth Weitzman
It's not that Dark Skies is so awful you need to be warned away from it. It's just that it's so bland you might as well find something better to do.
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The critics didn't like this but I loved it Very subtle but very creepy and very entertaining it makes it very believable and plausible. I would recommend it if you want to be creeped out and you question whether aliens exist, I think it's done very well I was I can't even put into words how it my expectations were exceeded I didn't even expect them to be met

Well acted I am one of those whose demons look like the greys. ET freaks me out. So this movie was going to scare me at some level no matter how bad. But it was surprisingly realistic, with good pacing and interesting enough to keep the audience on edge throughout. Too scary for younger kids but otherwise a great rainy night scare. Keep your eyes on the skies!

Bad is being nice This movie was dull. It seems like a remake of poltergeist without a reason for me to care if the family disappears. It is about a dull "Starbucks coffee" couple and their whiny brats. Ugh i didn't care about the characters in the first sceen. Then it went down hill from there. Stupid side stories about uncomfortable moments in teenage love. It was pervy and it had a sound track (the only song in the entire movie) plus the sub story about the fams money woes.......who cares scare me! This movie sucks!
Questionable This story it was about a no win situation. Could have rated it higher but didn't answer the why it was necessary to write this movie in the first place, other than for action and suspense. The movie was half done, as if the writer had given up right in the middle of the story and decided that's enough, without answering the questions the story brought up. Like where were all these children that were taken? and so on. This story needed to be reworked because there were missing elements.
Cast and credits
Actors | Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kadan Rockett, J.K. Simmons |
Producers | Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Charles Layton, Jeff Okin, Jason Blum, Jeanette Brill, Jessica L. Hall, Rick Osako, Bailey Conway, Phillip Dawe |
Director | Scott Stewart |
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Run time
97 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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